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HR1540Passed House

Falun Gong Protection Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-24
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Scott Perry
Scott Perry
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 86.4% (595 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$2,079k

Full profile: /officials/P000605

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (12)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

12 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

2025-05-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsReferred To · 2025-05-06
  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-02-24
  • House Committee on Foreign AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-24

Previously

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryBills of Interest - Exchange of Letters

Plain-English Summary

Falun Gong Protection Act This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting of organs in China. Sanctions may not be imposed on the importation of goods or with respect to specified transactions related to humanitarian assistance. The authority to impose sanctions under this bill expires five years after enactment.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

International Affairs
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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